Europe Daily News, 09 March 2026

COMPETITION

• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12076 - RTL / Sky Dach)
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12310 - Bain Capital / MCJ)
• Norway - Karo Healthcare’s acquisition of Aco Hud Nordic approved with remedies

STATE AID

• Action brought on 20 January 2026 - Ryanair et Ryanair Sun Vs. Commission (Case T-44/26)
  Re: annulment of Commission decision (EU) 2025/2178 of 28 April 2025 on the State aid SA.63203 (2024/C) (ex 2021/N) implemented by Germany for Condor Flugdienst GmbH

TRADE & CUSTOMS

• Action brought on 27 December 2025 - Front Polisario Vs. Council (Case T-908/25)
  Re: annulment of Council Decision (EU) 2025/2023, concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation
• Action brought on 27 December 2025 - Front Polisario Vs. Council (Case T-908/25)
  Re: annulment of Council Decision (EU) 2025/2022, Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 
• Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Genova of 15 December 2025 - Criminal proceedings against WZ, YW, SH, HZ, Denver Srl, Consumer Electronics SpA (Case T-916/25)
  Re: General rules for the interpretation of the CN (2(a)) ; Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87; Regulation (EC) No 1549/2006; parts of electric bicycles; heading 8711 rather than 8714 of the CN
• Agenda for: Working Party on Customs Union - 11 March 2026
• Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures (Sulphanilic acid; The People’s Republic of China; Anti-dumping duty; Regulation (EU) 2021/441; 13.3.2026)
• Proposal for a Council Regulation suspending the Common Customs Tariff duties referred to in Article 56(2), point (c), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, opening and providing for the management of autonomous tariff rate quotas for certain fertilisers
• WTO - Chair of agriculture talks circulates revised draft text, as MC14 outline emerges

INTERNAL MARKET INDUSTRY

• Minutes of the Meeting of the Expert Group for Technical Advice on Organic Production (EGTOP) - Subgroups “Fertilisers” and “Plant Protection” - 19 February 2026

CHEMICALS

• Appeal brought on 15 December 2025 by PMC Vlissingen Netherlands BV against the judgment of the General Court of 8 October 2025 in Case T-169/24, PMC Vlissingen Netherlands Vs. Commission (Case C-829/25 P)
  Re: set aside the judgment under appeal; annulment of Regulation (EU) 2024/19 or refer the case back to the General Court for a ruling on the application for annulment of the Contested Regulation

TAXATION

• Agenda for: Code of Conduct Group (Business Taxation) - Subgroup on internal and external issues - 13 March 2026
• First CBAM Certificate price to be published on 7 April
• Meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of 10 March 2026:
  - Regulation on the extension of the scope of CBAM to downstream goods and on anti-circumvention measures - Information from the French delegation

ENERGY

• Energy Union Task Force meets to discuss energy security and prices in Europe
• Answer given by Mr Jørgensen to a MEP written question - European commitment to small modular (maritime) nuclear reactors
• Answer given by Mr Jørgensen to a MEP written question - Rethinking biofuels: aligning Europe’s transport policy with climate and economic gains
• Answer given by Mr Jørgensen to a MEP written question - Commission guarantees as to delays in electricity interconnection projects between Spain and France
• Europe’s impotence extends to energy - The political momentum behind decarbonising the continent’s energy system has dissipated - Financial Times

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE

• Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (Biodiversity) - 13 March 2026
• Commission invests over €103 million in European strategic environment and climate projects - QaA & Short Descriptions
• Answer given by Ms Roswall to a MEP written question - Negative trends in the 8th Environment Action Programme progress report
• Answer given by Ms Roswall to a MEP written question - EU competitiveness and economic modelling as justification for the Environmental Omnibus
• Answer given by Ms Roswall to a MEP written question - The eighth omnibus proposal – the environmental one – is yet another attack on democracy, the environment and people’s health

HEALTH, FOOD & PRODUCT SAFETY

• Answer given by Mr Várhelyi to a MEP written question - Trade-related consequences of the ASF outbreak in Spain
• Answer given by Mr Várhelyi to a MEP written question - Toothpastes with fluoro-calcium-phosphosilicate as an active ingredient and the potential regulatory burdens in the EU internal market

EFSA

• Report on the virtual workshop regarding the draft protocol for the evaluation of emergency authorisations of fungicides and bactericides submitted under Article 53 of Regulation (EU) 1107/2009
• Scientific Opinion - Safety assessment of the substance (2E,2′E)‐2,4,8,10‐tetraoxaspiro[5.5]undecane‐3,9‐diylbis(2‐methylpropane‐2,1‐diyl) bis(2‐cyano‐3‐(3,4‐dimethoxyphenyl)acrylate for use in plastic food contact materials
• Scientific Opinion - Anxiofit‐1 and reduction of subthreshold and mild anxiety: Evaluation of a health claim pursuant to article 14 of regulation (EC) No 1924/2006

DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY

• Agenda for: Working Party on Telecommunications & Information Society - 12 March 2026
• Agenda of the 2nd Meeting of the Communications Committee (COCOM) - 11 March 2026

EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL POLICY

• Investing in the EU’s future: Council calls for greater efforts to combat child poverty

AREA OF FREEOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE

• From lived reality to policy action: Combating cyber violence against girls in the EU - EIGE report
• EPPO: Council confirms Andrés Ritter as the new European chief prosecutor

FUTURE OF EUROPE

• Possible items for Commission agendas from 18 March 2026 to 27 May 2026
• Agenda for: Meeting of the Coreper (Part.1 & Part.2) - 11 & 13 March 2026
• Keynote speech by President António Costa at the Matthiae Mahl event

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Speech by President von der Leyen at the EU Ambassadors Conference
• Keynote speech by HR/VP Kaja Kallas at the 2026 EU Ambassadors Conference
• EU steps up civil protection efforts and brings back 356 citizens home amid developments in the Middle East
• Commissioner Lahbib reaffirms EU commitment to advancing gender equality at UN meeting - Midday Express
• Statement by HR/VP Kallas and Commissioner for Enlargement Kos on Georgia's legislative amendments on foreign funding and political activity

EU/RUSSIA/UKRAINE

• Action brought on 9 December 2025 - Kesaev Vs. Council (Case T-843/25)
  Re: annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1895, Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1894, restrictive measures, Russia, Ukraine
  
• Action brought on 30 December 2025 - Alfa-Bank Vs. Council (Case T-898/25)
  Re: annulment of Council Regulation (EU) 2025/2033, Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/2032, restrictive measures, Russia’s actions, Ukraine
• Action brought on 19 December 2025 - Nayada Vs. Council (Case T-867/25)
  Re: annulment of Council Regulation (EU) 2025/2033, Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/2032, restrictive measures, Russia’s actions, Ukraine
• Action brought on 15 January 2026 - Alfa Bank Vs. Council (Case T-25/26)
  Re: annulment of Council Regulation (EU) 2025/2033, Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/2032, restrictive measures, Russia’s actions, Ukraine